Pro/Am Contests Blog

Mens now online:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2008_ifbb_north_americans.htm

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Ginny Gardea interviewed trainer Kim Oddo recently………….

Kim Oddo: A Man among Angels

By Ginny Gardea

A mysterious voice over the speaker phone and an entourage of Angels is where the comparison ends for Charlie and Kim Oddo. Oddo is a real as it gets.

For the man with perhaps the most successful track record for training amateur and professional figure athletes, Kim Oddo is humble and human. He carved out some time in his busy schedule to share his insight on respect for individuality, the importance of structure, and his vision for Figure…………..

http://www.siouxcountry.com/showthread.php?t=2744

Top figure pros Gina Aliotti & Jennifer Gates are competing in upcoming shows before the Ms Figure Olympia!

Jennifer Gates (2008 Ms Figure International runner up) will be competing two weeks before the Olympia at the IFBB Atlantic City Pro……….

http://www.siouxcountry.com/forumdisplay.php?f=78

Gina Aliotti (2008 Ms Figure International) will be competing one week before the Olympia at the IFBB Tournament Of Champions Pro…………

http://www.siouxcountry.com/forumdisplay.php?f=80

Congrats to Jelena for placing third in women’s pro figure at the 2008 IFBB Europa Super Show!

You can congratulate her personally in her very own thread……….

http://www.siouxcountry.com/showthread.php?t=1889

Congrats to Nicole for placing third in women’s pro fitness at the 2008 IFBB Europa Super Show!

You can congratulate her personally in her very own thread……….

http://www.siouxcountry.com/showthread.php?t=2627

I snagged 2nd place at the 2008 NPC Debbie Kruck Figure Classic in Daytona Beach, Florida this past weekend. 

Check out this video Walt shot of me having fun!

Hey!

I’m watching the show as I’m typing this so sorry if things seems kinda weird. The prejudging looked good and the finals are doing well. I didn’t catch the entire thing, so I’ll comment on what I have and are seeing.

I didn’t see fitness sadly, but from the pics, it looked like Tracey is on par to contend for the Fitness Olympia title, as she just picked up another win heading into September’s showdown.

And personally, I see Traci Redding having a pretty good career. I mean, she’s doesn’t too "rookie-ish" compared to Tracey. Give Traci some time, and we could be looking at a bonified star in the fitness division.

The figure lineup was HUGE!!! But I would have picked a different top five, not a competely different top five. Shannon gets major props from me for competitng with a bad knee, as she was slated to do fitness. But with her placing, she better hope her knee is better as Fitness could be her only way to compete at the Olympia this year. I personally thought Jane Awad should have been in the top five. She gets better and better each time she steps on to the stage. Personally, I don’t see why she’s not in the Olympia right now; I just don’t see it. I’m happy for the figure winners, but I think the placings were not what I thought they would be…and yes, I’m going by the new figure standards.

Jennifer Sedia beat Nicole, Klaudia, and Debbie in LW?!?! Didn’t see that coming? Sherry Smith winning in HW didn’t seem that surprising to me.

I would like to say more, but I didnt catch as much as I wanted to due to different reasons. I DO however want to give a shoutout to Beni Lopez on her debut…

She was a former figure competitor, but she decided to turn pro and won the 2007 Jr. Nationals and make her pro debut, pleasing a lot of people on the boards. She’s not big, but she’s got great conditioning that will carry her to the promised land one day. I hope and pray she makes it to the Arnold and Olympia stage soon.

Well, I rate the women’s show like this:

B for fitness
C for figure (A+ for the HUGE line-up)
B for women’s bodybuilding (A for Lopez’s debut)

Later!

Chris aka C-Ray
Female Muscle Supporter
http://fitgems.blogspot.com
http://fitgemssite.wetpaint.com

A hearty congratulations go out to Animalpak.com’s Erik "The House" Fankhouser for winning both the 2008 Europa 4Ever Fit “Fan’s Choice” Award and the 2008 Europa Pose Down Magazine “Best Wheels” Award!

‘The House’ wins the Fan’s Choice Award with 36% of the vote, and the Best Wheels Award with 47% of the vote!  Congrats, Erik! 

Erik Fankhouser In Post-Show Interview!

Erik Fankhouser Showing Off The Wheels!

Here are the Top 5 Men’s Final Results:

Men’s Open Division:

Toney “The X-Man” Freeman - 1st
Dennis “The Menace” James - 2nd
Fouad Abiad - 3rd
Will “World” Harris - 4th
Tarek Elsetouhi - 5th

Toney Freeman In Post-Show Interview!

Top 5 Men’s Open Winners.

Fouad Abiad In Post-Show Interview.

Congrats, gentlemen!

Full contest results will be posted here shortly:

http://contest.bodybuilding.com/results/5452

Here are the Top 5 Men’s "202 And Under" Results:

Under 202 Division:

James "Flex" Lewis - 1st
Roc Shabazz - 2nd
Jaroslav Horvath - 3rd
Curtis Bryant - 4th
George Farah - 5th

Top 5 Under 202 Winners.

James “Flex” Lewis In Post-Show Interview.

Congrats, guys!

The men’s 202 & posedown is finishing up. Here are the top 5:

1. James Flex Lewis
2. Roc Shabazz
3. Jaroslav Horvath
4. Curtis Bryant
5. George Farah

1. Bernadette Galvin
2. HaZal Nelson
3. Jelena Abbou
4. Shannon Meteraud
5. Stephanie Tulin-Togrul

Here are the Top 5 Final Figure Results:

Figure:

Bernadette Galvin - 1st
HaZal Nelson - 2nd
Jelena Abbou - 3rd
Shannon Meteraud - 4th
Stephanie Tulin-Togrul - 5th

Top 5 Figure Winners.

Congrats, ladies!

Here are the Top 5 Final Fitness Results:

Fitness:

Tracey Greenwood - 1st
Erin Riley - 2nd
Nicole Duncan - 3rd
Bethany Gainey - 4th
Brenda Santiago - 5th

Top 5 Fitness Winners.

Congrats, ladies!

Here are the Final Female Bodybuilders Results:

Lightweight:

Jennifer Sedia - 1st
Nicole Ball - 2nd
Claudia Partenza (Klaudia Larson?) - 3rd

Heavyweight:

Sherry Smith - 1st
Kim Perez - 2nd
Annie Rivieccio - 3rd

Lightweight Top 3 Female Bodybuilders.

Heavyweight Top 3 Female Bodybuilders.

Congrats, ladies!